A time to thank God, search together and start afresh
This was the slogan that fired the initiatives organized by the Daughters of St. Paul of Treviso to celebrate our 80th anniversary in that city. They say:
“It was a time during which we celebrated the memory of our presence in the Treviso diocese–a presence linked to many significant events that can all be traced back to Jesus Master Way, Truth and Life, to whom we owe everything.
“It was a time during which we concretized our resolution to involve the laity more intensively in our mission to spread the Gospel, and together with them we searched for new ways to proclaim the Good News.
“It was a time during which we started afresh, with heads held high, filled with the same zeal that characterized our sisters of the ‘first hour.’ We resumed our journey with our gaze fixed on God, certain that our beloved ‘fathers,’ St. Paul and Blessed James Alberione, were watching over us benevolently from on high.”
With the backing of the diocese and in collaboration with the Jacques Maritain Cultural Association, in these months our sisters commemorated their anniversary by organizing a cycle of conferences on the family–the miniature “society” on which humanity’s dreams for the future are founded.
Their celebrations will end on 5 June with a Eucharistic Liturgy presided over by Bishop Gianfranco Agostino Gardin in the Treviso cathedral. Our sisters thank the Lord for all the good our Institute has accomplished in the diocese over the past 8 decades and extend their thanks to all the Daughters of St. Paul who lived and worked there for various stretches of time.
On the part of the rest of the Institute, we send the members of the Treviso community our warmest congratulations on this anniversary, together with our best wishes that their apostolate in that particular corner of the Lord’s vineyard will continue to bear abundant fruit.